Chitinase B of "Microbulbifer degradans" 2-40 Contains Two Catalytic Domains with Different Chitinolytic Activities

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1297-1303

  Howard, Michael B ^a   Ekborg, Nathan A ^a   Taylor II, Larry E ^a   Weiner, Ronald M ^a,b   Hutcheson, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLUMBELLIFERYL N,N' DIACETYLCHITOBIOSE; 4' METHYLUMBELLIFERYL N,N',N'' TRIACETYLCHITOTRIOSE; CALCIUM ION; CHITIN; CHITIN DERIVATIVE; CHITINASE; CHITINASE B; CHITOBIOSE; CHITOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; COPPER ION; EDETIC ACID; EGTAZIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROLASE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; POLYPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; UMBELLIFERONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBULBIFER DEGRADANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBULBIFER; MICROBULBIFER DEGRADANS 2-40; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1342346633     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1297-1303.2004     Document Type: Article

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